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‘Brag Bucks’ Donation
Sweet Home Rotary Club’s Rose Peda, left, donates a check for $550 to Daniia Martyniuk at the Rotarians’…
Council OKs $5,000 city donation for Icebox Cookoff
Benny Westcott The Icebox Cookoff drew between 5,000 to 6,000 people to the Radiator Supply House last year,…
County approves proposed 2023-24 budget
After four daily meetings last week, the Linn County Budget Committee approved a proposed 2023-24 budget of $229,270,552…
Commissioners OK agreements with SH, other cities, for emergency dispatch
The Linn County Board of Commissioners in a brief session Tuesday morning, May 2, approved intergovernmental agreements to…
$65 million budget for schools moves to board
Benny Westcott A $65,236,782 spending plan for Sweet Home’s schools, nearly $10 million dollars more than the current…
Day of Prayer
Participants in Sweet Home’s Day of Prayer are led, in the first photo, by Pastor Jim Corley of…
Corps to provide update on refilling reservoirs
After a historically dry start to the refill season, water managers with the Portland District, U.S. Army Corps…
Man arrested in Sweet Home stabbing
A Sweet Home man was stabbed Friday afternoon, May 5, during an altercation at a 9th Avenue residence,…
Outdoors: Mother’s Day fun at Silver Falls this weekend
Silver Falls State Park will host its annual Mother’s Day Birding and Wildflower Festival Saturday and Sunday, May…
Healthy You: Curling up with a good book can provide genuine health benefits
The characteristics of an ideal day of relaxation differ for everyone. Some people might envision boating on a…
Drug bust Wednesday results in brief Hawthorne School lockdown
Local law enforcement agencies executed a drug-related search warrant at two separate locations near Hawthorne School Wednesday morning,…
Two killed in I-5 crash near Albany
Two people died early Sunday morning, May 7, in a two-vehicle crash on Interstate 5 just south of…
Fire destroys manufactured home in Lebanon
Fire destroyed a single-wide manufactured home early Friday afternoon, May 12, in the 33000 block of Ford Mill…
DIVING INTO MAY WEEK
The seniors won May Week, but Sweet Home High School students in all grades had lots of fun…
Schools, city develop plan after Foster shooting affair
Benny Westcott Sweet Home city and school district officials have come up with a plan to improve communication…
SHFAD gets grant for wildfire programs
Scott Swanson Sweet Home Fire and Ambulance District has announced that it is implementing two new programs in…
Run to recognize rabbits
Benny Westcott When Kelcey Young became Sweet Home’s city manager last year, she had to acquaint herself with…
Group approves 2023-24 city budget
The Sweet Home Budget Committee on Wednesday, April 26, unanimously approved a proposed $35.4 million city budget for…
Help sought to clean Millersburg cemetery
Linn County commissioners Roger Nyquist, Sherrie Sprenger and Will Tucker have been asked to help volunteers clean the…
Late teacher Sue Walling remembered
Education veteran Sue Walling died last fall after teaching 19 years at Foster Elementary School. Walling retired from…
Election 2023: Sweet Home Fire Board
Charlene Adams, 80 Years in Sweet Home: 75 Education: High school graduate who took continuing education classes at…
Election 2023: Editor’s Note
The May 16 election is when Oregonians will elect people to oversee local special districts – schools, fires,…
Election 2023: LBCC Board of Directors
Kristin Adams, 53 Years in Linn County: 43 Education: Bachelor of science degree from Oregon State University, Health…
Election 2023: Sweet Home School Board
Mike Adams, 52 Years in Sweet Home: 25 Education: Eagle Point High School, 1989; Bachelor of science, Management…